Sixth Sense Health & Wellness Center

This year I want to wish you the best of success in you endeavors. But rather than just wish, hope and pray for a better year than the last let’s do something radically different. Let us create a plan this year. Yeah, I’m talking to you. Creating a plan may seem a bit odd since I bet last year you made a resolution.

Lets scrap this notion and create a plan for success.

As people in the health and wellness spectrum of this plan why don’t we together formulate a system for you with idea that you can be a model for whatever you want? However before we can get this movement going, we must do some research, study, and feedback. To accomplish this we must install what we are calling a Wellness Review.

The Wellness Reviews main goal is to increase health by a measurable factor, avoid preventable disease causing habit, and be happier and wealthier person by this time next year. No it not a new health gimmick nor some new fad. This has been around for years. The challenge is that most of us rarely use it. The success rate is staggering and the simplicity of the system makes you feel like “it can be that simple”.

So how do you get started and what’s next.

1. Write down what are your health and wellness goals. Notice I did not say type. Yes you will have to put pen to paper this time because research shows that we humans remember and process better when we write it down the old way.

To get you started I will use myself for example, I want to lower my blood pressure naturally by 10 points.

2. Create an order or precedence. This means that the most important of your goals should be at the top.

3. Rearrange this list yet again to ask yourself which of this list I can do the fast.

4. Today, schedule a chat with your Wellness Partner at 6th Sense Wellness Center or wherever you deem a great resource to

create a concrete and actionable plan that you can take with you and be accountable. Yes accountability is the key component.

Think about it this way, if you did not have any accountability, would you have gone to work every day if there was no one you had to answer to?

This plan should not be taken lightly but it will be a fun ride of self discovery that you can pass on to others and be that person others would like to emulate

My Friend lets “plan” to make this year one for the record books since we will have the records to prove it.

To get started contact Nike Roach, MS, LMBT at the 6th Sense Health Wellness Center for your complimentary Wellness Review

Would you like to bathe in the luxurious aroma of Peppermint or Rosewood as your skin purges all the toxins that junk food and lethargy built up in your muscles and made you look older than your actual age? 

Would it not be nice to luxuriate in steam bath that not only brings wellness to the body, but also rests the mind even just for a little while? Of course, you would love to! Everyone deserves a break, and aroma steam sauna bath is one good treat you can give yourself.

How beneficial to the body is aroma steam sauna? Here is a list of four benefits enjoyed by those who have made it part of their wellness regimen:

1. A relaxing treat. Steam Saunas are generally designed for either relaxation or restorative treatment of bodily functions. It is often recommended for people suffering from arthritis, allergic rhinitis, including those with cardiovascular concerns. A simple sauna session has many health advantages, but its immediate effect on the body is relaxation of stressed out nerves and muscles. It is also known to have a calming effect on the brain.

Aromatherapy and sauna baths make a perfect treat. Many therapists believe that certain aromas or fragrances can alter the mood of an individual; ylang-ylang, for example, which gives off a floral scent, relieves anxiety.

Lavender is very popular for those who want to soothe their aching muscles. For those who are having problems sleeping, Lavender is also an effective aromatherapy treatment. Those with colds or bouts of flu, rosewood may relieve your symptoms; peppermint, on the other hand, has therapeutic effect on those with asthma, and for those with colic attacks, peppermint may also be good for you. Try it!

2. Weight-loss Benefit. Aroma steam sauna enhances a person’s metabolism rate. It has the same effect as your favorite aerobics, only you won’t stink!

3. Improves Blood Circulation. Sauna sweat baths enhance blood circulation, which improves the function of blood vessels to transport food nutrients throughout the body. It’s no rocket science; you’ve been taught since you were in the grades that how things are inside your body will always show on your skin. If you feel good inside, you’ll look better, too.

4. Cleansing and Detoxification. High temperature levels inside the steam sauna bath stimulate the body to perspire, which then open the pores of the skin. Toxins are released from the body through the skin, as well as through the kidneys and liver. This supports the body’s natural methods of cleansing and detoxifying itself, which enhances its defense against the onslaught of bacteria and viruses.

Relaxation, weight loss, body cleansing and detoxification, and an improved blood circulation – these are just some of the health benefits you can enjoy with regular aroma steam sauna bath. Experience a different level of “high” when you get total cleansing, inside and out.

Taking care of yourself need not break your bank. With aroma steam sauna, you pay less for beauty and wellness.

6th Sense Health and Wellness Center was founded in Winston-Salem in 1997 and provides massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, fitness training and herbal therapy. The company has been promoting natural health in the region since its inception and is active in the local civic and business community including the Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce. To find out more, please visit www.6ths.com.

A study conducted by Harvard University predicts an alarming rate of obese people in the next 40 to 50 years.  Today, obesity is labeled as an “epidemic” of global proportions that will ultimately claim many lives.  Obesity is the forerunner of heart diseases, cancers and degenerative ailments.

 

Death on your Plate

 

 As fast-food chains, ready-to-go meals and everything instant continue to dominate today’s dining tables, it is small wonder why internet searches for “weight loss programs” have reached millions of results and counting!  Junk foods and lack of regular exercise are, by far, the major culprits to why most people become obese.

 

Weight loss pills and crash diets, meditative exercises, aerobics, kickboxing and a plethora of other weight loss strategies may help reduce weight, but there is one approach to weight loss that is creating a ripple-effect on the internet:  it’s that soothing and relaxing knead on the body by a licensed massage therapist.

 

How Massage Therapy Counteracts Excess Fat

 

Who would have thought that massage can actually burn fat?  Primarily referred to as an instantaneous pain reliever and effective muscle relaxant, it seems there is more to massage therapy that meets the knuckles on both hands.

 

Undoubtedly, after a good massage, you feel refreshed.  But there is something more to cheer about after a good knead on the muscles of your shoulders and back.  

 

During a good massage, fat capsules that are lodged inside the folds of your muscles due to lack of exercise, slower metabolism and excessive consumption of junk foods are broken down and re-absorbed by the body for proper waste elimination.   This is how you lose weight.

 

Now you have another reason to include massage therapy in your monthly to-do list.  Losing weight by skipping meals or spending hours on a treadmill can be a real challenge, as these options require your strong resolve to deny yourself of things you want (read: rolls of burrito and more hours of sleep) while massage therapy is a wellness experience that you can thoroughly enjoy for optimum relaxation and good health – and with your curves in all the right places.

6th Sense Health and Wellness Center was founded in Winston-Salem in 1997 and provides massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, fitness training and herbal therapy. The company has been promoting natural health in the region since its inception and is active in the local civic and business community including the Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce. To find out more, please visit www.6ths.com.

Who would not want to don revealing swimsuits at the beach?  Most people love attention! However, if you have a problem with the bulge, you would think twice, right?  This is primarily the reason why many weight loss pills and crash diets are peddled on the internet like candies; there is just high demand.

However, health professionals don’t share this excitement.  They want to caution people with underlying health problems to seek medical advice first before they commit to any weight loss program as the risk may be higher than they thought.   If you want a safe, all-natural weight loss program that does not put your life on the line, get a massage!

That’s not typo error.  Massage therapy is the new buzz word for weight loss.

Yes, it is.  However, massage therapy cannot work independently of exercise and a balanced diet.  Unlike other weight loss programs that will suppress your appetite, massage therapy does not require you to skip meals, or wolf down diet pills to stay in shape.

How Does it Work

Massage Therapy offers good relaxation, which calms the mind and has therapeutic effect on the body.  On top of this, a good massage delivers five benefits that are directly related to weight loss:

1.  Gets rid of water weight.  An adult human body is composed of water, averaging between 55 and 60%, depending on gender and age.  Excess water compounds the body’s water weight.  To gain back your ideal weight, excess water should be eliminated from your body.  Exercise does this; regular massage aids in the proper elimination of excess water from your system.

 

2.  Kicks off metabolism.  Massage Therapy increases blood flow throughout the body.  This hastens the body’s metabolic rate, which in turn accelerates the speed at which the body burns calories.

 

3.   Dissolves body’s fat.  As muscles and tissues receive regular massage, fat deposits disintegrate and get easily absorbed by the body for proper elimination.

 

4.    Improves the bulk of muscle vs. fat.  Regular massage penetrates the muscle and improves its tone.  Toned muscles churn up calories faster, and eliminate fat build-up in the body.

 

5.    Eliminates toxins from the body.  Weight loss is hastened by getting rid of toxic buildup caused by the precursors of obesity:  excessive consumption of junk food and a lethargic lifestyle.  Regular exercise, balanced diet and regular massage tone the body inside and out; fat build-up is minimized, if not at all eliminated.

 Massage Therapy combines relaxation and weight loss in a manner that you will not even notice.  There are no hunger pangs, no side effects to worry about - just potent combination of good health and good looks.

6th Sense Health and Wellness Center was founded in Winston-Salem in 1997 and provides massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, fitness training and herbal therapy. The company has been promoting natural health in the region since its inception and is active in the local civic and business community including the Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce. To find out more, please visit www.6ths.com.

“Mission Impossible”, a Tom Cruise blockbuster movie, grossed $45 million on its first week.   “Weight Loss” as search term, generated over 50 million search engine results on Google.  If it were a movie, “Weight Loss” could easily outrank “Mission Impossible” as one of blockbuster movies of all time! 

However, this is not something to celebrate.  This indicates an escalating worldwide problem served on a platter of French fries, cookie chips and choco bars– obesity. 

Obesity and How to Avoid It

Obesity is excessive fat gained by the body due to various factors, but principally by eating too much junk.  Lethargy is its favorite past time. 

Obesity does not happen by chance.  It is a product of your choices as to what to eat, how much and how often.  It is the result of your choice to curl up in bed, a lot longer than necessary; to avoid exercise and to splurge on junk food.  It does not happen overnight, but builds up with time.

Health professionals promote their usual recipe for good health:  diet and exercise; however, nothing works like magic when one decides to lose weight.  Since obesity is largely the result of your lifestyle choices and eating habits, weight loss should be pursued in the same way – by choice – again and again. 

A lot have been written about diet pills, fruit diets and other weight loss programs, but regardless of what program you use, success is in keeping it.   Losing weight should not be an on and off thing.  Whatever program you choose, you should stick to it until your mirror shows you the results.

Acupuncture as a Weight Loss Therapy

Something “new” is causing a stir on the internet.  It is a system of healing that originated in China, but brought to American shores by no less than former President Nixon.  It is called “Chen” in Chinese, but perhaps you are familiar with its more popular name:  “acupuncture”.

Yes, THE acupuncture. 

No, it does not work like magic; in fact, licensed acupuncturists would advise you stick to a healthy diet and maintain your daily fitness routine for acupuncture to really work.  The good thing is - it works!

Unlike other weight loss programs, acupuncture addresses not just the obesity problem, but also other toxins you harbor in your body.  Imagine it as a two-edged laser sword – it cuts your cravings for more food while it treats your ailments, such as migraines, insomnia and depression.  There have been claims of relief among drug dependents, too.

Needles and Stuff

I knew it!  You wanted to ask about needles, right?  Acupuncture DOES USE needles to stimulate 2,000 acupoints in your body.  However, piercing and acupuncture are not one and the same.  Acupuncture needles DO NOT wound the skin and cause bleeding.

The Tale of the Tape

When was the last time you saw your waistline at 22 inches?    Of course, you age and muscles slack, but being obese has no excuse.

This major health concern affects both adults and children that no less than the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, has pushed the alert button on this creepy “silent killer”. 

 Try Acupuncture

Exercise, meditation and diet are surefire formula to weight loss; however, you cannot expect success overnight.  The potential of missing the mark is also great, since it is never easy to curb the craving for food.  

This is where acupuncture works best.  It also speeds up metabolism.  

Over 50% of health professionals in the United States have given this Oriental medicine a thumb up; weight watchers keep a keen eye on acupuncture as a weight loss therapy, as more and more people have claimed positive results.  Don’t just believe – try it!

6th Sense Health and Wellness Center was founded in Forsyth County in 1997 and provides massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, fitness training and herbal therapy. The company has been promoting natural health in the region since its inception and is active in the local civic and business community including the Winston Salem Chamber of Commerce. To find out more, please visit www.6ths.com.

 When I started working in massage therapy, I had lofty ideas about how to help my clients achieve optimal health. I had all sorts of notions of how my small, one-person firm was going to revolutionize the way people thought about health. I was going to have a spa, fitness center, nutritionist on staff, and a large waterfall right in the middle of my clinic. I had planned all sorts of other features that hopefully would entice my customers to treat themselves right and offer these services at a good price.

 

In the euphoria of my business dreams I had two conflicting themes: price and cost. I wanted the best for my clients, but the cost of the amenities was not within my budget. I wanted the crisp sheets provided by the fancy linen company, but with a pitiful flow of clients and little money in the bank I just could not swing it. As my mother said, “I had champagne dreams on beer money.”  So I had to make a few concessions. The first was an often-overlooked way to save money on linens.

 

Other than the massage table, linen may be the biggest cost associated with a new practice. Of course, once you buy the massage table, you own it. Sheets, on the other hand, once acquired still cost money. They must be cleaned and they do wear out eventually.

 

Even though you have options with linen, most of them are not appealing. You can get a company to clean your sheets, which is great but will cost around $100 to $200 per week. Furthermore, you don’t own the sheets so it is essentially a rental payment. Though it may save you some money initially, with time it will take a large bite out of your profits. Another option is to buy your linen from a retail outlet and invest $500 in a washer/dryer set. Again, it’s not a bad idea, but have you seen the cost of good sheets? The average retail outlet does not stock good linen at a reasonable price, and it is common to pay as much as $40 per set. Multiply that by about 20 sets and see where your profits go.

 

A better cost-saving option for linens is to stop by the local charity stores such as Goodwill Industries or the Salvation Army. They often have excellent deals, but be aware that most of the linens you will find there are not of the highest quality and that your color choices will be extremely limited. To maximize your benefit from shopping at these stores, find out when their restock days are. Most charity stores designate a restock day when the best items come in. Obviously, these days are your choice shopping opportunities. I have found nice multi-color sets for less than $5 on restock days at charity stores.

 

Perhaps the best and cheapest way to save money on linens is to visit a business that has loads of high quality commercial sheets for next to nothing: hotels. Hotels spend buckets of cash on sheets each year, and at some point throughout the year have to make exchanges. Most of the time the sheets end up at charity stores. You can save even more money by approaching the hotels directly. Because it is a hassle for the hotels to take the sheets to the stores, you have some bargaining power. Go to any hotel – preferably a smaller one so that you don’t have such an overwhelming load – and explain your business situation to the general manager. Ask if you can, for your choice of linens, take their linens to the charity store for them. It’s a win-win situation because you get good linens for minimal effort, and you save the hotel the trouble of taking the sheets to the charity store. To sweeten the deal, give a coupon for a free massage to the hotel each month. At first this offer may seem overly generous, but think of the rewards for your own clinic. Whenever a guest needs a massage, you can be sure that they will refer them to your clinic. Do this for a maximum of a year maximum at the hotel, and keep a good supply of your business cards at the hotel where staff can easily access them. You will save money while earning money – a doubly rewarding way to do business.

Nike Roach

6th Sense Wellness Group

1012 Brookstown ave

www.nrteam.com

Nike Roach of 6th Sense Health and Wellness Center NC tell what happen to him the first time he went in for acupuncture. According to Mr. Roach after suffering from excruciating Low back Pain for s few days. He states that he really was not a big fan of over the counter meds since some have many negative side effects. On the suggesting of a good friend he went to local acupuncturist and…..Well the video will tell you more.

Do you know your grandparents? Better still, your great-grandparents? I don’t mean the iconic figures reputed for warm food and comfort during the holidays, but the real people. Have you taken the time to really know them? Too often in our modern, busy world we know very little about these amazing people. It’s a shame, given that without their efforts you wouldn’t even be reading this article.


A simple solution exists: an autobiography. I proposed it to my siblings and they enthusiastically agreed – especially since my grandmother’s age made time a real factor.

Autobiographies of famous people are ubiquitous, but few exist about “regular” people. While reading about world leaders and international jetsetters satisfies curious interests, nothing inspires so much as the life story of my grandmother’s challenges and triumphs. Imagine my awe as I read about her, a single mother, working for the military in Panama in the 1940s. She had an inexplicable thought that she needed to go home immediately, and when she arrived she found her two toddlers locked in the house – the babysitter nowhere to be found – with loose papers scattered about them. The story takes a frightening turn – one that literally threatens my existence – when she explains that the lights in the house were fueled by highly flammable kerosene oil.

Such stories would be lost forever if they aren’t recorded. But how do you start such a seemingly daunting task as writing an autobiography of the revered patriarch of your family?

Research is the first step. The best method is to create a graph (on paper or a computer) representing the life of your subject divided into seven-year blocks. (If he or she is 95 years old, you’ll need fourteen blocks.) For each block, think of ten to twenty questions related to that seven-year window that you’d like to ask. Start by asking easy questions such as where he or she was born and the circumstances of the birth. What memories of their parents do they have? Simple questions work as ice-breakers, and in a short time you’ll be discovering facts and stories more interesting to you than any book from a big bookstore. Your goal is to make your subject feel comfortable sharing life stories and talking as a friend rather than as some perceived pillar of the family.

To facilitate research and aid the stream-of-consciousness of your subject’s tales, invest in a recording device (a cheap cassette recorder and blank cassettes work just as well as a fancy digital gizmo) that can hold twenty to fifty hours of material. While such large capacity may seem excessive, remember that you are about to chronicle an entire person’s life, so one hour per year is really not much.

Once your research is completely recorded, it’s time to put the book together. Find a local transcription service, because you don’t want to risk losing forever your irreplaceable recordings (not to mention all your hard work) in lost mail. You’ll also want to find a ghostwriter who can craft the tales into an interesting book (found easily on sites such as craigslist.org or at a local college where starving academics are ready to help for modest payment). Add some pictures of your subject and significant people in his or her life, making sure to represent the different life stages (remember your seven-year blocks).

Once you’ve created your galley proof (essentially), find a reputable self-publisher. We have been pleased with www.instantpublisher.com, from whom you can get as many as twenty-five copies with nice bindings for under $600.

Creating a written history of your relative provides great enjoyment for the whole family, and the copies make excellent family gifts for holidays. Perhaps the greatest gift comes from the permanent tribute to an undeniably significant person in all of your lives. Honoring their achievements and sharing their lessons will benefit your entire family, including those members who have yet to arrive.

It is that time again where the coughs and sneezes create symptoms of displeasure. It is around this time that we start to hear more people getting sick not because of the germ in the air but because of the state of the immune system. Did you know that the common cold virus is always around? Yes even in summer the cold virus can just drain your spirit just as well as it can in the winter. However, the difference is that your immune system in greatly enhanced by the vitamins of the sun as well as your activity level, amount of time indoors, stress and finally the temperature. This can sap the power out of you body making it vulnerable to something and simple as the common cold to full blown flu which in some cases can be fatal.

 

Why not be proactive this season. Make sure that you are eating well, getting lots of exercise, and staying hydrated. Believe it or not you need just as much fluid in the winter as you do in the summer. Sleeping more is a good thing in the winter. Good thing there are typically more hours of darkness in the winter making this an easy sell. Get lots of sun. The sun is a great source of vitamin D and I bet you thought that it was only milk. (SMILE)  Here is an idea. In the winter and if possible move your workstation closer to the window so that you can gain the greatest amount of sunlight. This will not only boost your immune system but also help to you feel warm on those cold days. If you have sun sensitivity, it might be a good idea to use a little sun block.

 

Finally get a massage as often as necessary from 6^th Sense Health and Wellness Centers. Research indicated that if your body and mind are at ease then you are less likely to get sick.  If you are not crazy about the massage then maybe acupuncture may be more appropriate. Winter can be fun and healthy but only if you are proactive.

 

Nike Roach, MS, LMBT

6^th Sense Health and Wellness Center

1012 Brookstown Ave

Winston-Salem NC

336-723-4400

By Fran Daniel | Journal Reporter

Published: July 28, 2009

If Nike Roach had his way, every American who is old enough would own a business.

"I don't care if you've got a job or not," he said recently at Sixth Sense Health and Wellness Center in Winston-Salem as soft music played in the background, providing a relaxing ambiance. "You should have a business yourself. I think every American should have a business."

He already has an answer for people who might say they don't have any money to open shop.

"R.J. Reynolds came to Winston-Salem on the back of a horse with a great idea and little money," he said.

Roach's aunt and uncle, Clinton and Claudette Pough, lent him enough money to open Sixth Sense and he believes that there is money out there for other entrepreneurs. His center offers massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, herbology and fitness training.

"If you have the desire, you will find the money," he said.

Roach is a big supporter of the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce and received the chamber's Ambassador of the Year award in 2008.

Ambassadors are chamber volunteers who serve as a communication link between the chamber and its members. Ambassadors help in the chamber's efforts to add and retain members. They support the organization by attending such activities as company grand openings and by serving on committees.

Roach (whose first name is pronounced "nee-kay") likes helping out with the chamber's various networking activities but his favorite role as an ambassador is going to grand openings.

"I love the grand openings because the grand opening is an individual company's time to shine," he said.

He finds joy in just showing up to support a fellow chamber member, sometimes holding the ceremonial ribbon, but always seeing promise in a new company.

"It's like a rebirth and a new commitment," he said with a big smile.

Rodessa Mitchell, the chamber's executive vice president of education and membership, said that everybody at the chamber knows Roach.

"He is one of our most visible and approachable members and has been so helpful in so many ways, especially helping new members feel welcome," she said. "Nike has a strong desire to help other people succeed -- which helps his own business as well. He really is an anchor of the Ambassador program and has provided a model for others to emulate."

Even with all the recent job losses in the Triad because of the economy, Roach sees the current business environment as a way for people to reinvent themselves.

"It's a great time for you to take the skills that you've learned in administration or leadership and hone them into doing your own business," he said.

He said that the chamber is a great resource for small businesses.

"A lot of business owners have used the chamber for nothing more than a leverage to get into some office doors that were otherwise fairly closed to them or meet people at a business seminar," Roach said.

Roach said that Winston-Salem is a great place to do business because it has a lot of other resources for business owners, including the Forsyth Tech Small Business Center and Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina Inc.

Roach grew up in Beaufort, S.C. He moved to Charlotte in 1986, where he went to high school.

He started his first business, a lawn-care operation, at the age of 14. His mother, Yeye Fini, was his first investor. She gave him $20 to buy a used lawn mower.

After high school, Roach joined the Army Medical Corps, serving during the first Gulf War.

His current career was influenced by his mother, who had always been a proponent of natural health, but he really became interested in massage therapy while he was in the military.

When he returned home, he went to college. In 1997, while a student at Winston-Salem State University, he opened Sixth Sense Massage and Therapy with Lee Cockerham. The business partners went their separate ways in 2001 and Roach changed the name of his business. He married two years later.

Today, his wife, Nicola, who is also a massage therapist, handles most of the company's administrative duties while he takes care of the marketing side of the business.

Roach credits her for the company's growth. He declined to give sales figures but said that his business increased 20 percent in 2008 over 2007.

"She's a wonderful mother, but as a business partner, she's a whiz," he said.

For Nicola Roach, it's hard to find the right word to describe her husband.

"‘On fire,' maybe," she said with a laugh. "That's two words."

She calls him a people person.

"He loves to meet people and learn more about what their interests are and things like that," she said. "He's always trying to help other people promote themselves and their businesses. He's that type of person.

"He never really is thinking, ‘What's in it for Nike.'"

¦ Fran Daniel can be reached at 727-7366 or at fdaniel@wsjournal.com.

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Nike Roach

• AGE: 38.

• HAILS FROM: Beaufort, S.C.

• EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in exercise sciences from Winston-Salem State University and a master's degree in sports studies from High Point University.

• EXPERIENCE: He was a medical specialist with the Army Medical Corps during the Persian Gulf War from 1989 to 1993. He was an after-school teacher at Summit School in Winston-Salem from 1995 to 2000. He and his wife own Sixth Sense Health and Wellness Center at 1012 Brookstown Ave. in Winston-Salem. They also operate Myeniola.net, a discount-travel company.

• FAMILY: Wife, Nicola "Nikki" Roach, and two sons.

• QUOTE: "I don't care if you've got a job or not. You should have a business yourself. I think every American should have a business."